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why the heck would they send susan rice around to fife news stations? what point is there? even if she had half the information or if she had all the information, it's all politics now and it looks like the professional operation, peter king, i give you the last word on this, has broken down. >> it has, the whole intelligence operation, what susan rice did, what the justice department was distort the information they had been given. it would take a way from the issue that that consulate was not properly protected. that should have been protected much more strongly than it was. the failure by the administration, but it's reflective as vanessa williams said, he's talking about iraq, he's talking about iran, he's talking about syria and libya. and our closest ally, israel. >> has the security apparatus broken down elsewhere? that is an important question. i mean we're not going to know, they're not going to investigate themselves. nobody in the white house wants to tell the truth about anything right now related to this. but in your judgment, having served there, having served
why the heck would they send susan rice around to fife news stations? what point is there? even if she had half the information or if she had all the information, it's all politics now and it looks like the professional operation, peter king, i give you the last word on this, has broken down. >> it has, the whole intelligence operation, what susan rice did, what the justice department was distort the information they had been given. it would take a way from the issue that that consulate...
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but susan rice was wrong. the president was wrong. hillary clinton was wrong when they said weeks ago what they said. state department now acknowledges that. but the white house insists it never intentionally lied. they say they told the truth as they knew it all along. >> we're going to leave it there. steve handelsman, thanks very much. there wasn't a riot over some youtube videotape. it was an organized terror attack. and, yes, inadequate security. so the question is, what did the president and hillary clinton know and when did they know it? with all this sworn testimony, this really does smell of a cover-up. let's go to our distinguished guest, former deputy assistant secretary of defense, peter brooks, who worked in the bush administration. right off the top, peter s this a cover-up? >> it has an appearance of a cover-up. i think congress has to tell us more. but it doesn't look good. i think we deserve better as an american people here and this has been a disgrace and it's a travesty of trust. we deserve better from the administ
but susan rice was wrong. the president was wrong. hillary clinton was wrong when they said weeks ago what they said. state department now acknowledges that. but the white house insists it never intentionally lied. they say they told the truth as they knew it all along. >> we're going to leave it there. steve handelsman, thanks very much. there wasn't a riot over some youtube videotape. it was an organized terror attack. and, yes, inadequate security. so the question is, what did the...
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is it possible that the original criticism of obama and ambassador susan rice is wrong? is the cia hedging its bets? how do we read this? >> larry, i have no idea. i mean, obviously, someone should really get to the bottom of whether there was an intelligence failure on top of what seems to me a failure of common sense. it was pretty obvious, you didn't need a lot of secret sources at the beginning, as senator mccain and many others pointed out, spontaneous demonstrations may produce some violence but they don't produce mortar attacks and rpg attacks. and this one was extremely organiz organized. and then of course it turns out there was no spontaneous demonstration preceding it. >> well, that's the part we can't get straight. look, i have no doubt about the militant, the al qaeda offshoot and all the rest of it. i'm not really asking that. but with respect to the president's position, i mean, to this day, so far as i know, he has not acknowledged a preplanned terrorist attack. to this day he continues on the story that maybe, yes, there was some problem, the terrorist p
is it possible that the original criticism of obama and ambassador susan rice is wrong? is the cia hedging its bets? how do we read this? >> larry, i have no idea. i mean, obviously, someone should really get to the bottom of whether there was an intelligence failure on top of what seems to me a failure of common sense. it was pretty obvious, you didn't need a lot of secret sources at the beginning, as senator mccain and many others pointed out, spontaneous demonstrations may produce some...
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the white house releasing a photo showing president obama and national security advisor susan rice talking on the phone with the homeland security advisor to receive an update on the terrorist attack. the president made the call from the residence of the u.s. chief of mission in havana. at least 31 people were killed. nearly 200 others injured at the explosion at the train station. donald trump spoke to the today show by phone on the terrorist attacks. >> we work within laws. and if they could expand the laws i would do more with water boarding. we have to be smart and tough and we can't be soft and weak. >> other candidates on both sides of the aisle are weighing in on the tacks. that's the latest. we have updates on this fast and breaking situation throughout the afternoon on the half hour and at the top of the hour. >> thanks. european markets are about to close. let's two to simon hobbs at the new york stock exchange where many have edged into the green now. >> absolutely. european markets stock fell on the terror attacks in brussels but they spent the rest of the session cutting the l
the white house releasing a photo showing president obama and national security advisor susan rice talking on the phone with the homeland security advisor to receive an update on the terrorist attack. the president made the call from the residence of the u.s. chief of mission in havana. at least 31 people were killed. nearly 200 others injured at the explosion at the train station. donald trump spoke to the today show by phone on the terrorist attacks. >> we work within laws. and if they...
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ambassador susan rice, should have been made to resign, or she should have taken the honorable route and resigned herself after misleading the entire country. but how can it be that obama himself cannot bring himself, like israel being our best ale, cannot bring himself to suggest that there was a complicated, a complicated and large terrorist plot around the killing of our ambassador and our agents in the embassy. >> well, larry, let me just go back to something the ambassador was saying. she's a diplomat, and has to be diplomatic. i'm not a diplomat. i don't have to be. let me say it really plainly and firmly. since 1979 when they took power, there's never been a diplomatic behavior that changed. they have been lying about nuclear weapons since 1991 and the chances of talking them out of their nuclear weapons program is zero. the issue with obama he can't bring himself to face any issue before november 6. wants to get re-elected and will push everything aside to get there. what he's doing with the benghazi situation, you're right. call it a falsehood or a lie, whatever it is. it's
ambassador susan rice, should have been made to resign, or she should have taken the honorable route and resigned herself after misleading the entire country. but how can it be that obama himself cannot bring himself, like israel being our best ale, cannot bring himself to suggest that there was a complicated, a complicated and large terrorist plot around the killing of our ambassador and our agents in the embassy. >> well, larry, let me just go back to something the ambassador was...
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rice is somebody who is often mentioned. now, this recent flap over libya and what the united states said or did not say about the situation there might have damaged her prospects a little bit. we'll have to watch that one, on the romney side robert zoellick, former world bank president and richard haass, president of the council of foreign relations mention there had and treasury secretary we talked about some of the names for the obama cabinet starting with the obama side, jack lew, former white house chief of staff, he's most easily confirmed here. erskine bowles is somebody a lot of liberals are worried about in washington, they think maybe if obama picks bowles for secretary of the treasury that signals he's willing to do a deal that he was not willing to do in his first term. lael brainard, undersecretary of treasury for international affairs, recently dispatched to china. sheryl sandberg is an interesting one. i want to come back to her. let's do the romney cabinet picks and we'll come back to sheryl sandberg, julia h
rice is somebody who is often mentioned. now, this recent flap over libya and what the united states said or did not say about the situation there might have damaged her prospects a little bit. we'll have to watch that one, on the romney side robert zoellick, former world bank president and richard haass, president of the council of foreign relations mention there had and treasury secretary we talked about some of the names for the obama cabinet starting with the obama side, jack lew, former...
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. >> he did the same thing on susan rice. he says i want this person for this job. let people organize opposition and then they kill it. they could have gotten summers through. >> the first problem is this was politicized. it was allowed to hang out there far too long. then is the answer okay if you have 200 economists, and then if you have 200 senators campaigning for janet yellen, but do you really turn around and say, you are acting like bad children and i'll reward you and let you go what you want. >> it became clear they couldn't get democrats on board for syria. they won't get them on board for summers. they don't want to cut deals for represent karns on banking and on the floor. >> that's good. >> they're not in the mood to cut deals. >> tony, how does it happen? that's what i want to know. does the white house, somebody back channel to larry summers? >> that's what i think. >> i'm going to send you a draft of the letter that you are going to send the president. >> i've seen that sort of thing happen. not a draft of the letter. larry is a professional. he's b
. >> he did the same thing on susan rice. he says i want this person for this job. let people organize opposition and then they kill it. they could have gotten summers through. >> the first problem is this was politicized. it was allowed to hang out there far too long. then is the answer okay if you have 200 economists, and then if you have 200 senators campaigning for janet yellen, but do you really turn around and say, you are acting like bad children and i'll reward you and let...
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you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden interview? >> it's a tragedy for those being killed, it's also a metaphor for the failure of this administration to directly confront terrorism. this administration calls the ft. hood murders workplace violence rather than act of terrorism. they used to call terrorism a manmade disaster. and for the president to stretch the interpretation of that statement, that was the morning after the terrible acts in benghazi, 4 1/2 minutes into the statement he used the word terror and followed his discussion of september 11th, 2001. he's trying to rewrite history and doing it at the expense of four american heroes that were murdered. >> you are certain when he used those words he was not modifying benghazi in particular? >> well, if he was serious about benghazi being a terrorist act, he wouldn't have waited four minutes to talk about it. he was tal
you've already called for susan rice's resignation as ambassador. are we going to have a second discussion here about what the president meant when he used the words act of terror? or terror act in that rose garden interview? >> it's a tragedy for those being killed, it's also a metaphor for the failure of this administration to directly confront terrorism. this administration calls the ft. hood murders workplace violence rather than act of terrorism. they used to call terrorism a manmade...
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the white house releasing a photoshowing president obama and national security adviser susan rice talking on the phone with homeland security adviser lisa monaco getting an update on the attacks. at least 31 people were killed in the attack. nearly 200 others injured in the explosions at the airport and the train station. democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton spoke to the "today" show by telephone on the attacks. >> we've got to stand in solidarity with our european allies as they have stood with us on so many occasions. and we have to intensify our efforts to fine and prevent terrorists from ever doing this again. >> that is the latest on the attacks. we'll have updates on the half hour and the top of the hour on this still developing situation throughout the afternoon. back to you, ty, and the gang. >> i'll take it, sue herera thank you. let's bring in tara palmieri live from brussels. i know you were at the airport earlier today. you are now back at city's center. what can you tell us about the state of brussels, of its citizens, now hours after the attacks? >> well, the
the white house releasing a photoshowing president obama and national security adviser susan rice talking on the phone with homeland security adviser lisa monaco getting an update on the attacks. at least 31 people were killed in the attack. nearly 200 others injured in the explosions at the airport and the train station. democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton spoke to the "today" show by telephone on the attacks. >> we've got to stand in solidarity with our...
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. >> they stuck susan rice in there and it's entitled hillary's responsibility. >> that's just it, this was an orchestrated -- >> we know that now. >> a series of interviews they set out to make sure that they made this point. >> they want to make sure -- how p.o.ed is hillary? like she has to take the fall for this instead of biden or, you know, those guys didn't know anything and again it falls on hillary who is probably not that happy about the last primary four years ago. >> no. joe, let me ask you a question. what are you expecting from mitt tonight? >> my only concern is that in previous debates like in years past, we've seen -- you don't know who is coming out of the corner. remember how they can be -- is it possible to be really good one time and just be in the moment and the next time to be flat? maybe it is. i don't expect that. i think that -- >> i would be stunned if he's flat. i think he was more consistent than you're suggesting in the primary debates. >> i meant debates like when reagan was really fired up and then he came back and -- i think romney's always been good. an
. >> they stuck susan rice in there and it's entitled hillary's responsibility. >> that's just it, this was an orchestrated -- >> we know that now. >> a series of interviews they set out to make sure that they made this point. >> they want to make sure -- how p.o.ed is hillary? like she has to take the fall for this instead of biden or, you know, those guys didn't know anything and again it falls on hillary who is probably not that happy about the last primary four...
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the president, susan rice, i mean, who would have imagined that after that happened with, you know, not to be the head of the u.n., he makes her even more important because he doesn't care what people think. he might pick summers. >> he might pick summers. both are so totally qualified, why wouldn't he go with somebody that breaks the glass ceiling in one of the most significant jobs in the world? >> because he may have promised larry summers something. he's got tim geithner. he would be good, too. >> geithner is in the talent pool. >> what is it with yellen other than her being a him who, what is his attachment other than her being a woman? >> i strongly supported her when she was put on the fed, i let my confidence get comfortable with her because of the fact that she has the credentials. she understands monetary policy. now, people say she's dovish. she may well be dovish. that makes the.that she was fairly severe back in the 90s. i suggest she adjusts to the situation. >> she's a massive monetary expert. she has done much of the heavy lifting on the economics of qe. >> you think it
the president, susan rice, i mean, who would have imagined that after that happened with, you know, not to be the head of the u.n., he makes her even more important because he doesn't care what people think. he might pick summers. >> he might pick summers. both are so totally qualified, why wouldn't he go with somebody that breaks the glass ceiling in one of the most significant jobs in the world? >> because he may have promised larry summers something. he's got tim geithner. he...
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. >> national security advisor susan rice tried to reassure israel. >> the bottom line is simple. we have israel's back come hell or high water. >> and now there's concerns they may leak details of the secret talk before a deal is announced. >> they're trying to freeze the nuclear program for at least ten years. >> but even president obama says the odds are against this deal. they're still working on it. the foreign minister is in switzerland trying to workout the details and that's why the white house doesn't want anything to leak out before. if they're able to seal that deal. >> i think i saw the president isn't going to watch the speech either. did you read that anywhere? >> yeah the white house is saying he didn't watch netanyahu yesterday and that he doesn't plan to watch him on capitol hill today. >> i just want to know -- i just figure i'd want to know. the whole thing seems like a couple of children arguing with each other. anyway tracy, i appreciate it. thank you for that report. >> let's tell you about other political buzz stories going on this morning. this one involvin
. >> national security advisor susan rice tried to reassure israel. >> the bottom line is simple. we have israel's back come hell or high water. >> and now there's concerns they may leak details of the secret talk before a deal is announced. >> they're trying to freeze the nuclear program for at least ten years. >> but even president obama says the odds are against this deal. they're still working on it. the foreign minister is in switzerland trying to workout the...
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ambassador susan rice, senator john kerry, robert summers. >> the obama administration says there's plenty of land available for oil drillers. but energy companies want more. a showdown coming up next. and coming up on squawk on the street, outgoing mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. "squawk box" is coming right back. fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank. like no-fee atms -- all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now, depositing a check is as easy as taking a picture. free online bill payments. a highly acclaimed credit card with 2% cash back into your fidelity account. open a fidelity cash management account today and discover another reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. >>> welcome back. let's take a look at some stocks on the move. home builder kb homes under pressure after it reported a wider fiscal third quarter loss. however revenues were up 29% from a year earlier and home deliveries up 21%. and we're watching nike earning $1.20 per share for its third quarter, 3 cents ahead of estimates. thou nike's profit margi
ambassador susan rice, senator john kerry, robert summers. >> the obama administration says there's plenty of land available for oil drillers. but energy companies want more. a showdown coming up next. and coming up on squawk on the street, outgoing mcdonald's ceo jim skinner. "squawk box" is coming right back. fidelity. now you don't have to go to a bank to get the things you want from a bank. like no-fee atms -- all over the world. free checkwriting and mobile deposits. now,...
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especially since susan rice, the u.n. ambassador who ran into a lot of criticisms from republicans over the benghazi matter, had taken herself out of the running. so pretty much john kerry was the only candidate. the question is, what happens to the rest of the national security team. i haven't gotten any word yet as to whether there is a defense secretary replacement for leon panetta, but we do know john kerry is going to be named secretary of state by the president today. >> john, another question, of course, is what happens to that senate seat in massachusetts, does scott brown choose to run again and move that senate seat from the democratic column to the republican column? any insights this? >> well, that's certainly a possibility. scott brown hasn't ruled that out. but you have a democratic governor there who has talked about a number -- or there's been speculation about a number of people who could be candidates for that seat. either by appointment or in the special elections. don't know how quickly the special ele
especially since susan rice, the u.n. ambassador who ran into a lot of criticisms from republicans over the benghazi matter, had taken herself out of the running. so pretty much john kerry was the only candidate. the question is, what happens to the rest of the national security team. i haven't gotten any word yet as to whether there is a defense secretary replacement for leon panetta, but we do know john kerry is going to be named secretary of state by the president today. >> john,...